George Crelziano, Roumanian Minister at Washington, has informed Jacob Landau, managing director of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and “Jewish Daily Bulletin,” who was recently held at Constanza by Roumanian port officials and permittted to enter the country only after interveation on the part of United States government representatives, will be permitted to enter Roumania freely to study Jewish conditions there.
In a letter addressed to Mr. Landau, the Roumanian Minister states that he has instructed the Roumanian Consul in New York to issue the necessary visa to Mr. Landau. The Minister has asked the Roumanian government to grant Mr. Landau all facilities, expressing the opinion that “such visits can only help to dispel the clouds of misapprehension that seem to obscure the Jewish public opinion in this country. as regards the situation in Roumania at the present moment.”
In a previous letter to Mr. Landau dated June 17, the Roumanian Minister expressed his regrets at the Constanza incident. In writing to Mr. Landau then, Mr. Cretziano stated:
“It was most unfortunate, and the very fact that the Government took the necessary steps to correct it proves that, in all probability, it was due to misinformation on the part of the Port Authorities.”
Colonel Michael Friedsam, president of the Altman Foundation, announced that the Foundation is prepared to give $1 to the Art Department of New York University for every donation of a similar amount received by the university. This offer is good to the extent of $30,000 a year for five years, making a total of possible contributions from the Foundation of $150,000 by June 1, 1932.
This contribution, added to those already made, will make a grand total of $245,000, given by the Altman Foundation toward the furtherance of art, Mr. Friedsam announced.
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